Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin
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Jacqueline Ann Jensen-Vallin is an American mathematician. She is a chair and professor of mathematics at Lamar University,[1] former editor-in-chief of MAA FOCUS, the newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA),[2] and a former governor of the Texas Section of the MAA.[3] Her research interests include combinatorial group theory, low-dimensional topology, and knot theory;[1] she is also known for her work in mathematics education and the history of women in mathematics.
Jensen-Vallin did her undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut, completing a double major in mathematics and psychology in 1995.[1] She went to the University of Oregon for her graduate studies, and completed her doctorate there in 2002. Her dissertation, Finding -Generators for Exotic Homotopy Types of Two-Complexes, concerned algebraic geometry and was supervised by Micheal Dyer.[1][4]
After completing her doctorate, she joined the faculty at Sam Houston State University in 2002. She moved to Lamar University in 2014.
